Kazakhstan’s central bank is prepared to return to the currency market in force to mop up excess dollars after a month of doing "practically zero” as higher returns draw savers to tenge deposits, Governor Daniyar Akishev said.

Vladimir Putin’s government is considering shifting the burden of oil taxes from the point of export to the point of extraction, a move that would eliminate the benefit of duty-free supplies enjoyed by neighboring Belarus and Kazakhstan, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

Kazakhstan and a consortium of oil companies led by Chevron will announce on Tuesday their decision regarding a proposed plan to boost production at the Tengiz oil field, Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry said on Monday.

The United Kingdom is unlikely to try to lure international investment by becoming a tax haven after it leaves the European Union, according to an internal memo prepared by the body responsible for the drafting international tax rules.

World trade chief says post-Brexit 'WTO option' may be unfeasible for UK

The idea that Britain could scrap all import tariffs to avoid long, messy trade negotiations after quitting the European Union is "almost theoretical" and probably not feasible, the head of the World Trade Organisation said in an interview.

The pound slumped to a three-week low after polls showed more Britons favor exiting the European Union, reviving concern a June 23 referendum will throw global markets into turmoil and undermine confidence in the 28-nation trading bloc.